Etymology

-chroic

Today it means: Producing or changing color in a certain way. Full definition →

Ancient Greek χρώς
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromχρώς“color, complexion”
  2. English today-chroic

From Ancient Greek χρώς (khrṓs, “color, complexion”) + -ic.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekχρώς all →

erythrochroismisochroousmelanochroicmelanochroousparachrose

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